Armchair Theatre

📊 Series Specifications

Network ITV1
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 18
Total Episodes 446
Original Language EN

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Created by Sydney Newman
⭐ 3.0 / 5 (6 votes) 🎬 18 Seasons 📼 446 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Seasons & Episodes

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E2 The Handshake / Bid for Fame
E8 The Mother

After a five month trudge through Poland the Kosky family have reached an Austrian labour camp. Their hopes to emigrate to Canada take a desperate turn when Mrs Kosky is diagnosed with tuberculosis.

E9 The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
E11 The Right Thing

When someone is killed in a road accident, Bob Slater wants to "do the right thing". But will he?

E12 The Face of a Stranger
E13 The Same Sky

The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.

E14 Three O'Clock Deadline
E16 Miss Julie

Late 19th century. The young miss Julie lives in a mansion with her father. She has recently broken her engagement but is attracted to one of the servants, Jean. They spend the midsummer night together, telling each other their memories and of their dreams. Realizing that an affair between a man of the people and an aristocrat is impossible, they plan to escape to Switzerland.

E19 The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. Afterwards it is stolen, and Mrs. Kendrick goes into debt to duplicate it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but Mrs. Kendrick never learns the truth, and struggles for years to pay off the huge debt.

E22 If This Be Treason
E23 The King of Iceland

There are odd goings-on in the Turkish baths. Is the distinguished stranger among the Colonel Blimps really the "King of Iceland"?

E25 This Was a Woman

Olivia Russell is outwardly a devoted wife and mother, the kind mistress of a happy home, and a sympathetic friend. But this suburban respectability conceals a sinister aspect of the feminine.

E26 The Cask of Amontillado

Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado and find themselves in a web of betrayal and revenge that changes their friendship forever. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

E27 Catch a Falling Star

What future is there for a forgotten star of the New York theatre?

E29 The Constant Stranger
E31 The Heiress

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.

E32 Rappaport Always Pays
E36 Escape To Happiness

A famous (married) concert pianist falls in love with a young music student.

E37 Start from Scratch
E38 It Pays to Advertise

The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.

E39 The Whiteheaded Boy
E40 While Parents Sleep
E41 Bed, Board and Romance
E42 The Women Have Their Way
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